Tập
NOVA: Episode 2
Tóm tắt
NOVA looks at the bongo-playing scientist, adventurer, safecracker and yarn-spinner Richard Feynman, most recently famous for his role as gadfly of the Presidential Commission investigating the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- NOVA
- Mùa
- Mùa 16
- Tập
- Tập 2
- Ngày phát sóng
- 1989-01-24
- Thời lượng
- 55 min
Thông tin tập
Episode 2 là tập 2 trong Season 16 của NOVA. Tập này phát sóng ngày 1989-01-24. Thời lượng là 55 min.
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